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Countdown To Federal E9-1-1 Legislation: Virginia

Thursday, July 18, 2019 - 9:00am

Countdown to Federal E9-1-1 Legislation…

Are you prepared for when the new federal E9-1-1 legislation goes into effect this September? We will be discussing a different state every Thursday, so you can get the most up-to-date E9-1-1 information about your state’s requirements, what this means for you, and what you can do to become compliant. This week we are highlighting the State for Lovers, Virginia!

Virginia requires…

All PBX/MLTS installed after July 1, 2009 must ensure that an emergency call placed from any telephone number is delivered to the PSAP with ANI and ALI, or an alternative method of providing call location information has been approved. VA Code 56-484.14

All states require…

Kari’s Law was enacted in February 2018, and requires that all phones must be able to directly dial 9-1-1 without any additional digit, prefix, or trunk-access code beforehand, such as ‘9’. Also, the system from which 9-1-1 is dialed must provide a notification to a central location at the facility where the system is installed alerting another person or organization to the existence of an emergency call.

What this means for you and your business...

If someone calls 9-1-1 from a phone within your enterprise, your business is liable for providing the exact location of that call to the dispatcher. As businesses are trending toward mobility and implementing VoIP services, a solution that tracks soft-phone locations and routes remote calls becomes even more imperative. RedSky Technologies does exactly this for your company, so you can continue to expand your business without boundaries while complying with state, and soon to be federal, legislation. Additionally, RedSky’s on-site notification technology will bring your company into compliance with Kari’s Law.

We cover…

RedSky works with some of the largest companies in the world, equipping them with technology to confidently grow into the future. We protect some of the largest organizations in the country. The largest insurance companies, banks, governments at local, state, and federal levels, school districts and universities, medical centers, and even airlines all trust RedSky to provide them with comprehensive E9-1-1 protection. These companies work with us because we allow them to focus on running and growing their unique organizations, while we focus on building and providing the best E9-1-1 solutions.

Are you prepared for E9-1-1? Ask your Director of IT / HR about what your plans are for this legislation, and emergency preparedness.

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